Design Sojourn

[...] resident contributor py, inspired by “Theories behind Japanese Designs” writes about the time spent working in Japan with Naoto and Kita, and how they have applied such [...]

[...] reading through the article on “Theories behind Japanese Designs” , I felt the urge to share what I have learnt about Japanese design philosophies mentioned in the [...]

I’m excited to find someone else who believes that design is about simplicity and integrity. Also very pleased to have these principles of Japanese design expanded. I’d come across the basic principle in Alain de Bottom’s Architecture of Happiness but AEN has helped deepen my understanding.

Simple, austere and calm are characteristics I sought for in my designs for guitar, violin and laptop cases I’ve been working on. I’ve also worked with contrast – modern materials (carbon fiber) combined with traditional (leather); austere brown exterior combined with simple but luxurious silk velvet lining.

You can see the designs on my website and read more about my design philosophy on the blog http://www.calderoriginals.com/cord.html.

Hi Nick,

Thanks for visiting, and your laptop cases are wonderful. I am very impressed of its simplicity in its design and can imagine the leather texture. Divine!

Please keep intouch and I will definetly be keeping track of your blog.

Great find. I recently saw the Super Normal exhibition and even though it’s not technically on Japanese design, it was joint curated by Fukasawa with Jasper Morrison. This is like an un-official manifesto for that exhibition. Now I just need to print it out.

Hi Mac,

Thanks and please keep in touch!

“Pared down to its barest essence, wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature, of accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death. It’s simple, slow, and uncluttered-and it reveres authenticity above all. Wabi-sabi is flea markets, not warehouse stores; aged wood, not Pergo; rice paper, not glass. It celebrates cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time, weather, and loving use leave behind. It reminds us that we are all but transient beings on this planet-that our bodies as well as the material world around us are in the process of returning to the dust from which we came. Through wabi-sabi, we learn to embrace liver spots, rust, and frayed edges, and the march of time they represent.â€

Thanks for the quote. Tadao Ando is one of my favorite architects of all time. I have all his books.

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The quote just sucks me in. I feel like that paragraph just defeats the purpose of my Wabi Sabi series. As untranslatable and profound as Wabi Sabi seems, this is perhaps the best and most apt paragraph ever to put Wabi Sabi into understandable English.

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